Android Timezone Date Format getCurrentTimeForTimezone(Context context, String timezone)

Description

Formats the current time according to the user's preference, and using the given time zone.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
timezone	The time zone to use.

Return

The formatted time.

Declaration

public static String getCurrentTimeForTimezone(Context context,
        String timezone) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import android.content.Context;

public class Main {
    private static Map<String, DateFormat> sTimeZoneTimeFormats = new HashMap<String, DateFormat>();

    /**
     * Formats the current time according to the user's preference, and using the given time zone.
     * 
     * @param timezone The time zone to use.
     * @return The formatted time.
     */
    public static String getCurrentTimeForTimezone(Context context,
            String timezone) {
        return formatTime(context, new Date(),
                TimeZone.getTimeZone(timezone));
    }

    /**
     * Formats the given time according to the user's preference, and using the given time zone.
     * 
     * @param date The time to format.
     * @param timeZone The time zone to use.
     * @return The formatted time.
     */
    public static String formatTime(Context context, Date date,
            TimeZone timeZone) {
        DateFormat timeZoneTimeFormat = sTimeZoneTimeFormats.get(timeZone
                .getID());
        if (timeZoneTimeFormat == null) {
            timeZoneTimeFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat
                    .getTimeFormat(context);
            timeZoneTimeFormat.setTimeZone(timeZone);
            sTimeZoneTimeFormats.put(timeZone.getID(), timeZoneTimeFormat);
        }
        return timeZoneTimeFormat.format(date);
    }
}

Related

1. formatTime(Context context, Date date, TimeZone timeZone)
2. getDateTimeForTimeZone(String str)